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Inside the Hell of Targu Fumos: How Germany’s Elite Panzer Division Survived Stalin’s Massive Tank Assault

On May 2nd, 1944, the quiet tension around Targu Fumos erupted into one of the most brutal armored engagements of the Eastern Front. Hundreds of Soviet T34 and IS-2 heavy tanks rolled forward behind a ...
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Inside Hitler’s Most Feared Panzer Division and the Tank Trap at Targu Fumos

As the Red Army massed for a major breakthrough in Romania, Germany placed its hopes on one elite formation, the powerful Grossdeutschland Division, a force equipped with Panthers, Tigers, assault ...